The Circleville letters: The Poison Pen Case|BS Chandra Mohan|Mlife Daily |രഹസ്യം വെളിവാകുന്നു
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- Опубліковано 11 лют 2025
- It started with a letter post-marked Columbus, Ohio, that arrived in the mailbox of the Gillispie family in the summer of 1977. It was addressed to the lady of the house, Mary Gillispie, a 30-something suburbanite, who drove a school bus for a living. The writing had been block-printed, probably to disguise the identity of the author. There was a good reason why he or she would have wanted to remain anonymous. The content of the missive was vile. It included an accusation that Mary was having an affair with the superintendent of the Westfall School District, Gordon Massie, and cautioned her to stop. "I know where you live," .....
The letters had, in fact, started up months earlier, addressed to various recipients. Consistently, though, the writer pointed to indiscretions, often sexual, and threatened to expose them. That said, he appeared to harbor a particular resentment towards Mary. She would quickly become the primary target of his poison pen.
At first, Mary decided simply to ignore the letters, keeping their content from her husband, Ron.......
As for the letter writer, he hung up his poison pen in the early '90s. Ironically, his final letter was written to the producers of the TV show 'Unsolved Mysteries' as they prepared to shoot a segment on the case. "Forget Circleville," the letter read, "If you come to Ohio, you El Sickos will pay."